when we asked for P60, answer from HR was company pays tax for all directly. BTW my company also reimburse my Council tax as well..As per their record what we are getting in UK is not salary just living allowance & in India we pays Tax for the salary paid there...

Sure this may not be the first time you guys hearing it..I know all outsourcers do this way only...

Tina_Eapen wrote:when we asked for P60, answer from HR was company pays tax for all directly. BTW my company also reimburse my Council tax as well..As per their record what we are getting in UK is not salary just living allowance & in India we pays Tax for the salary paid there...

Sure this may not be the first time you guys hearing it..I know all outsourcers do this way only...

As far as I am aware there is an agreement between UK and India that workers posted to the UK for up to 2 years pay tax in India, but this is for a maximum of 2 years. If the firm is doing it properly you should get P60s. I have seen P60s with no UK tax paid in these circumstances, but P60s were issued nonetheless.

You have to pay tax, unless you don't, but it should all be shown to HMRC in any case as far as I am aware. Not talking about non domiciled for tax purposes people here.

The OPs situation sounds very shady.

I would not be surprised if some of these employers get stung in the future.

BTW my WP/Visa was not continous..it got renewed after 2 year ..every time.
Just hope some one from any of top 4 (except Infy) will explain how its done in their company now..AFAIK none of them give P60's..

Tina_Eapen wrote:when we asked for P60, answer from HR was company pays tax for all directly. BTW my company also reimburse my Council tax as well..As per their record what we are getting in UK is not salary just living allowance & in India we pays Tax for the salary paid there...

Sure this may not be the first time you guys hearing it..I know all outsourcers do this way only...

For years I have seen the same posting by many people;
Some Indian companies tend to send people to the UK pay them in india their salary and provide them with housing and food in the uk. They are manipulating the system and 'dumping' services int he UK. That's why many employees of indian companies don't have p60's or p45's, they don't pay taxes....it's about time that HO does somehting about it.

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OK so if Indian companie's are doing this ie sending Indian paid works to the UK and there by not paying Tax in the UK, it's mean the poor work who yhinks that he/she are entitled after x number of years in the UK to either claim ILR or Citizenship has in fact no such right as immigration rules it is quite clear you must live legally and pay your tax in the UK.
In answering the originally question in my opion he or she have no claim what so ever for ILR.
Maybe Frontier Mole would like to commment on this.

I am aware that my company might not have followed rules fully, But surely they are utiliseing some loop holes in the system..

In My case, I donot think P60 is checked for during ILR inspection, docs needed are salary slips and employer letter..

I am going to consult an Immi lawyer to see whatto do...

I believe there are arrangements where you do not have to pay UK tax for things like secondment, I am not saying secondments shouldn't pay UK tax just that there are probably other situations similar to it that don't require that to happen.
However p60's are excellent for evidence for ILR application. Salary slips for 5 years would be a bit tedious for a caseworker.
Further, even if you are here on a different arrangement, I do believe you should still get a p60 so I feel that something is not quite right with that scenario.